TTOUI BIST advertising midia Mi TNI LUCRATIVI BLACK MARKET CALL 376-0496 Price: 40 Cents tMs. Paige EPMhi I Oj Story On Page 16A ■ ■ )orq| \ Story On Page 12A k-»- - ■■" ■ i__ 1 _:_ •*r ; • _ *r~ October 25th Story On Page 11A V/ ’ Rev. Walton 17-YEAR-OLD REGINA HAIRSTON - J lf. 11'^—-—-—■-—•••• West Charlotte senior Lovely Regina Hairston Has An Exciting Year To Look Forward To! By Jalyne Strang Pott Staff Writer Seventeen year old Regina Hair ston has exciting year to look forward to. A senior at West Charlotte High School, she is enjoying all the benefits of being an upperclassman with the heady delights of a prom and graduation before her. But Regina also ex pects another starry night in her horizon. In March of 1965 she will make her debut at the Delta Sigma Theta Cotillion. Preparations for the cotillion have already begun, says Regina. She is now involved in raising money and having fun in ail the social activities laid out for the 36 debutantes. Asked by her mother's friend to participate, Regina saw the opportunity to meet a lot of people. “I know I’ll enjoy It," she smiles. "And it will be something I can always remember.” The enjoyment has begun for her. t Regina and all the other debu tantes just recently had a great big pajama party. Other activities planned for them include a fa shion show, makeover, a community awareness seminar and career education seminar. And relates RegBnr^-fc* of rehewato," for the Mg night. "The winner is the girl who raises the inoet over $3,000,” this beauty informs. Regina ia buckling down to obtain her share selling $35, $50 and $100 ads and $5 Sponsorships "I nn planting to have a bake sale,” she fell*,” with help from my mother and aunt” TtRIU-tMg _ * Loves makes it possible to be lieve in the impossible When Regina is not handling her This enterprising young lady debutante responsibilities she also is employed at Burger King, marches onto the playing field as And any spare time she has left, one of the members of West after all her many activities, is Charlotte’s Marching Band. She spent, admits Regina, talking on the plays the clarinet with this band and phone to her girlfriends, also with the school’s Concert Regina has no competition for Band. At West Charlotte Regina is in time on the phone since she is an the Spanish Club, the Order of the only child. Her mother is her fa Lions, The Ambassadors and also on vorite person. Regina tells, “It’s just the’ yearbook staff. ■' me and her and we spend a lot of “I like sports,” comments time together.” Regina, who is also,' surprisingly, Though she’s anxiously waiting on the manager of \Vfest Charlotte’s graduation, the high school senior is Boys’ Varsity Basketball team. "I thinking ahead to pursuing a career get towels, water and run the clock in computers. She hopes to attend during practices,” she explains. The college at either the University of boys don’t pick at her, she assures. North Carolina at Greensboro or They giveIfer the utmost respect, at A&T State University, least, "nfost of the time," laughs Regina attends First United Reginas - Presbyterian Church. Ap Adam's Mark Hotel NAACP’s 41st Annual Convention Underway Hundreds of NAACP members from all parts of the State will begin arriving in Charlotte by plane, bus and car on Thursday, October 18, for the 41st Annual Convention of the North Carolina State Conference of NAACP- Branehos, at-the Adam's Mark Hotel - Convention Head quarters The annual “Ministers and Church Emphasis Day" meeting will be the main activities Thursday. Rev. L.O. Saunders of Morgan ton, N.C., Chairman of the NAACP Religious Affairs Committee and Pastor of the Gaston Chapel A.M.E Church, said, "This year being a presidential election and a most important Senate and governor’s race, the political action role of Church and organised religion will be a major discussion of the Ministerial and Church Emphasis Day" meeting. Ministers in atteod i ance from across the state will emphasise the dose relationship of the Church and NAACP. Kelly M. Alexander Sr., State Conference President, stated that, •Ministers play the most important leader hip role in communities and give support to the NAACP program for equality and Justice.” The meeting will also focus attention on ‘'Vital Issues Facing the Black Church In America Today.” Branches in North Carolina are a Kelly M. Alexander Sr. .State Confershce president encouraged to develop effective The NAACP is endeavoring to get local Religious Affairs Committee, more ministerial and lay religious leaders to cooperate and join Reli gious Affairs Committees in the promotion of educational programs designed to give a moral and ethical interpretation to the civil rights struggle The NAACP is also en deavoring to project the work of the NAACP to organize religious groups in all faiths The Thursday evening Spiritual and Gospel Meeting will feature the Rev Dr Edward A Hailes of Washington, D C. He is President of the Washington, D.C. Branch and National Vice President of the NAACP On Friday, October 19, the offi cial Plenary Session will begin at 10 a m The State President, Kelly M. Alexander Sr will make his annua) address There also will be educa tional overview of the civil rights struggle by National NAACP Per sonnel, such as: Althea T.L. Sim mons, Director, Washington Bureau NAACP; Dr. Beverly Cole, Direc tor NAACP Education Programs, and William Penn Sr., Director, Branch and Field Services. Benjamin L Hooks, NAACP Executive Director, will address the Convention at its Annual Freedom Awards Dinner on Saturday evening at 7. All events of the Convention will be at the Adam's Mark Hotel • -t- . —.__ _ Housebreaking Is City’s Biggest Crime! By Jalyne Strong Post Staff Writer The following are fictional ac counts of possible bases that could be found in any police log: Case (1) As Mrs Smith told the police her story they looked on her with sorrow The 69 year old widow had been beaten and all her valu ables stolen. The police had checked for evidence of a break-in but found none. “How did the assailant gain entry to your home?” asked the investigating officer. Mrs Smith cried, “I let him in.” Case (2) Curtis and David Brown’s mother had saved all year to pur ~chase-twemee bicycles as Christ mas presents for her boys. On Christmas Eve she removed the bikes from their boxes and placed the empty cartons on the front sidewalk for collection. The next day the boys were elated to see their much yearned for presents, they could not wait to tell their grand mother about them. But after the family returned from the grand mother’s house that evening they found nothing beneath their Christ 5 Case (3) ““Town av